The wives of the Canterbury tales and the tradition of the valiant woman of Proverbs 31: 10-31
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書誌事項
The wives of the Canterbury tales and the tradition of the valiant woman of Proverbs 31: 10-31
Mellen Research University Press, c1993
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注記
Includes bibliographical references and index
内容説明・目次
内容説明
This study examines Chaucer's use of the medieval literary topos which categorized women as either good or evil, and his use of the Song of the Valiant Woman, a pericope appended to the Book of Proverbs. It surveys the tradition of Hebraic and Christian commentary on the valiant woman; the significance of the Proverbs epilogue in the works of other authors; analyzes Chaucer's six thematic images of the mulier fortis as mirrored and distorted in the wives' behaviour; discusses the implications that his delineation of the ideal wives has on medieval and modern conceptions of women. It also provides a definition of feminine power that re-evaluates the question of maistrie within the tales and challenges the modern feminist attitude towards women's power.
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